History Main / DestructiveSaviour

* ''{{Durarara}}'''s Shizuo Heiwajima eventually develops into a DestructiveSavior (as opposed to a PersonOfMassDestruction [[IAmAMonster resigned to his status as a monster]]) after a run in with Saika makes him realize that, while he might never get complete control over his [[UnstoppableRage anger]] and [[SuperStrength power]], he can at least make some proactive use for it. Cue such feats such as kicking around cars, thugs, and ex-{{Mafiya}} to save a kidnapped child or making use of highway posts to punish scumbag gang leaders like Horada.

* ''{{Durarara}}'''s Shizuo Heiwajima eventually develops into a DestructiveSavior (as opposed to a PersonOfMassDestruction [[IAmAMonster resigned to his status as a monster]]) after a run in with Saika makes him realize that, while he might never get complete control over his [[UnstoppableRage anger]] and [[SuperStrength power]], he can at least make some proactive use for it. Cue such feats such as kicking around cars, thugs, and ex-{{Mafiya}} to save a kidnapped child or making use of highway posts to punish scumbag gang leaders like Horada.

* ''{{Durarara}}'''s Shizuo Heiwajima eventually develops into a DestructiveSavior (as opposed to a PersonOfMassDestruction [[IAmAMonster resigned to his status as a monster]]) after a run in with Saika makes him realize that, while he might never get complete control over his [[UnstoppableRage anger]] and [[SuperStrength power]], he can at least make some proactive use for it. Cue such feats such as kicking around cars, thugs, and ex-{{Mafiya)) to save a kidnapped child or making use of highway posts to punish scumbag gang leaders like Horada.

* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]. Fights monsters, saves the city, and racks up a ton of property damage in doing so. Since he favors fire magic, [[RunningGag he tends to burn down or severely damage at least one building per book]]. Check out the [[Quotes/DestructiveSaviour quotes page]] for some choice comments on the subject.

* GrooTheWanderer is the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification living embodiment]] of this trope- he's flattened multiple cities he was trying to save (accidentally, of course), ruined the lives of everyone involved in his periodic attempts to help them, shattered empires, and is widely considered to be worse than plague, famine, drought, war, pestilence, flooding, and bandits ''put together''... often because he'll cause any or all of them to happen, sometimes simultaneously. Heart of gold, brain of stone.

*** To be fair it has been heavily implied that that wouldn't have happened if the females had not decided that it was too risky of a plan to get involved, thus making the sealing imperfect since only one half of the one power was used. Take note that the females wanted to use what basically amounts to giant super-weapons whose only means of using were deep within enemy territories...

* The entire premise of the RedFaction series revolves around saving people from opression by BLOWING SHIT UP!

* The main goal of the ''Just Cause'' series: you destabilise the governments of various rogue nations by blowing the crap out of their property. Most of this property also being ''used by civilians'' (such as water towers and power generators) isn't even lampshaded, hilariously.

* Played for drama in the ''AstroCity'' story "Old Times", when FlyingBrick Supersonic is called out of retirement to stop a rampaging monster. Unable to think of a clever scheme to stop it, he settles for simply pounding it instead, and the ensuing brawl takes out a dozen residential blocks.

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*** [[OrIsIt Or]] [[http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4999/149hero.jpg is he?]]

* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]. Fights monsters, saves the city, and racks up a ton of property damage in doing so. Since he favors fire magic, he tends to burn down or severely damage at least one building per book.
--> ''I have this problem with buildings...''

** TheAuthority does actually acknowledge the incredible level of destruction they cause, and stay to help clean up their mess if they've got the time. They're also pretty justified in and of the fact that the things they fight are usually on the level of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s whose victory would pretty much ensure the destruction of the entire world.

** To be fair, the Tau'ri are ''really'' good at destroying things, up to and including ''[[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun an entire solar system]]''.

** To be fair, the Tau'ri are ''really'' good at destroying things, up to and including ''an entire solar system''.

* In {{Tolkien}}'s "The Silmarillion", elves, humans and other good people in the beautiful continent of {{Beleriand}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beleriand] face the evil Morgoth who relentlessly kills them and destroys their kingdoms one by one. The deperate remnant calls upon the Vala - extremely poweful gods or angels. The Vala come in force, launch the "War of Wrath" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_of_Wrath] and utterly defeat Morgoth - but in the process, nearly all of Beleriand is flooded and sinks under the sea, only a few mountain tops surviving as small islands.

* In {{Tolkien}}'s "The Silmarillion", elves, humans and other good people in the beautiful continent of Beleriand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beleriand] face the evil Morgoth who relentlessly kills them and destroys their kingdoms one by one. The deperate remnant calls upon the Vala - extremely poweful gods or angels. The Vala come in force, launch the "War of Wrath" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_of_Wrath] and utterly defeat Morgoth - but in the process, nearly all of Beleriand is flooded and sinks under the sea, only a few mountain tops surviving as small islands.

* In {{Tolkien}}'s "The Silmarillion", {{elves}}, humans and other good people in the beautiful continent of Beleriand [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beleriand] face the evil Morgoth who relentlessly kills them and destroys their kingdoms one by one. The deperate remnant calls upon the Vala - extremely poweful gods or angels. The Vala come in force, launch the "War of Wrath" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_of_Wrath] and utterly defeat Morgoth - but in the process, nearly all of Beleriand is flooded and sinks under the sea, only a few mountain tops surviving as small islands.